Show Consumption of Liquor Directly and indirectly there has been an increasing d death ath rate due to the excessive use of alcoholic beverages and the abrupt rise in automobile accidents accidents accidents acci acci- dents can be traced to the greater great great- er consumption of liquor Arcu- Arcu Ian lal lanus us in 1483 wrote a wonderful I description of chronic alcoholism so so exact that it might be used in describing these cases From that time on others have studied me tine unfortunates addicted to this but so far nothing definite definite de de- definite de- de finite has been accomplished in making these so-called so cures permanent These cases are most confuting to the physician Twenty years aga I had a male patient who in a drunken frenzy frenzy frenzy fren fren- zy nearly killed his wife and daughter After recovering from tremens and realizing what he had done this man never again tasted whiskey and andI even refused it when he had I pneumonia Within a year I have had another patient a mother of three children who had never tasted alcoholic drinks until she was p past st forty suddenly acquired a liking for them She neglected her house hold duties as well as her family and sold sole the furniture to get more Inore liquor when her husband refused her hei I money f for r this Two months treatment in ium seemed to help her After the he had been home one week she started drinking again an anis and andis is now in an insane asylum Unquestionably the liquor problem problem lem hem is the worst type of sickness sickness sickness sick sick- ness that con consents the doctor for a majority of these thes unfortunates unfortunates unfortunates ultimately acquire drug habits un |